This came up because i'm looking at what HTML elements can (only) be named from author / need wpt tests, and the naming expectations for <time> vs role=time weren't as I would have initially thought, being the time element is a text-level semantic, and those largely aren't meant to be named.

Curious about the wg's thoughts on time being a namable role from authors. While browsers expose the name, VO on macOS and Narrator with Edge (specifically if using Narrator key + left/right arrows to navigate) are really the only ones that effectively expose the name - unless the element is made focusable. And then that's a weird hodgepodge of the name sometimes being announced but the role often not... but also, why would anyone be making a time element focusable?

I am not sure what need there is for a time role/element to be named. is this something that should remain / AT have bugs filed to work out UX? Or is this something that maybe shouldn't be named and it can be removed w/out much in the way of anyone noticing?